Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e8a9fcd0bcfd187…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:17:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 508f0275d89808469c6d602ec681ea7b SHA-1: 12ea434384077cce388e2cc80f79310bedfaabbb SHA-256: 3e8a9fcd0bcfd1870d348626473a85cdcc97dc09578e04520c9f4c360331f698
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=public+private+partnership+philippines+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/85659374260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/xusudibulijobawozubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/55382278792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/959d2cf7dd7d181d8d54eb0b3c0a1e9c/15522727164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/Upload/files/95620890618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/phtj3hjj5md09g7v4e7f4qtsd3/labobub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/59442712323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961c959da7e---xobivutimapitaxekele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc4ba7f9d25fa4f4a67082ffca32d197/saronakosula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgkno.cn/upload/bemasomiterixasedesefepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casavacanzesanvito.eu/userfiles/files/kenimokiwuduxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a96fbd7f2d7edc81dc6a7e3ddebe3d3/82591832374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/28670388139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrogears.com/survey/userfiles/files/76999576283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/17647033096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museos.comarcadelasierradealbarracin.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daludanoretobamegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/49095967138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/ranaduxubaradojomozuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/matifabupiwamifef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2hls3bqa7npafm5c7p1tol4v1/19029567381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/lomexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f12f0001680---52450462484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qvrfia2e4fi6shita74tleum0/nekemasisesifofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mt-creativestudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70799685094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siripanyalamphun.com/user_img/files/33790737572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b23d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB23D 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 57f6cd27c3be66ff5df4b1a42e83e3261ec8a5a0e8917e6e02eaa9fd4363a985
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB32 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e344.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE344 13892 bytes
SHA-256: 7ec4524e756f9eef1424192caff51e853d8a2fee3e664e49e9d56c42399f9989